Word: opinionizing
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...Bush Administration. While the President tries to relax on his five week Texas vacation, he's had to contend with deteriorating military and political conditions in Iraq, a Woodstock-like peace protest at the edge of his Crawford compound led by Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan, declining public opinion polls (that are echoed by "even worse" internal polling, says one Bush adviser), high oil prices and a recognition that things are not likely to turn around anytime soon. A senior Bush official attributes the president's collapsing poll numbers to "high gas prices and a lot of anxiety about...
...good chance that the person will be much more qualified to react not just to the content on the page, but also to the advertising," says Andrew Shotland, vice president of business development at Insider Pages, a Pasadena, California-based company that aims to use people's opinions to create detailed local directories of businesses and services. "We are seeing these referrals convert into business at a much greater rate than leads from other forms of advertising." Of course, consumer recommendations on the Web aren't new. Amazon and others have deployed them with great success for years. What...
...first among equals” because, despite his lofty title, he only holds a single vote on the Court. However, he does hold several additional powers, both practical and ceremonial, the most important of which is the ability to choose which justice will write an opinion when the chief votes with the majority. This is particularly important because the chief justice can shape precedent by joining with the majority, when he might have voted otherwise...
...some anti-Darwinists seized upon Justice Antonin Scalia's dissenting opinion in the 1987 case. Christian fundamentalists, he wrote, "are quite entitled, as a secular matter, to have whatever scientific evidence there may be against evolution presented in their schools." That line of argument--an emphasis on weaknesses and gaps in evolution--is at the heart of the intelligent-design movement, which has as its motto "Teach the controversy." "You have to hand it to the creationists. They have evolved," jokes Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, Calif., which monitors attacks...
...judge is not to express a personal opinion but to read and apply the laws enacted by our elected representatives. A Justice is not authorized to change or ignore the law. How can we fairly enforce our laws if judges do not faithfully comply with them in every detail? Jon Moseley, Executive Director Legal Affairs Council Ashburn, Virginia...